Award
Kirkus Prize
12 years tracked (2014–2025), 142 entries total.
The Kirkus Prize is an American literary award conferred by the book review magazine Kirkus Reviews, established in 2014. It bestows US$150,000 annually, with three authors awarded US$50,000 each in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers' Literature. It has been described as one of the most lucrative prizes in literature.
2025
Other
Everybelly
King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
America, América: A New History of the New World
Baldwin: A Love Story
Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
Butterfly Heart
Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown
John the Skeleton
The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze
The Wilderness
2024
Other
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
Gather
Bright Red Fruit
Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir
Safiyyah's War
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise
There Was a Party for Langston
Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America
We Who Produce Pearls
2023
Other
America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History
Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on the Meanings and Myths of "Latino"
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind
How to Say Babylon: A Memoir
Julia and the Shark
Mr. B: George Balanchine's 20th Century
Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution
The Bee Sting
The Eternal Return of Clara Hart
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Together We Swim
2022
2021
Other
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Bolla
Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance
Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
The Life I'm In
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling
Your Mama
2020
Other
I Am Every Good Thing
Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream
A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
Black Sunday
Clap When You Land
Fathoms: The World in the Whale
Fiebre Tropical
Fighting Words
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
The Girl and the Ghost
The Lying Life of Adults
We Are Water Protectors
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
